Quotes about Community
Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
— 2 Chronicles 29:13
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
— 2 Chronicles 31:15
From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
— 2 Chronicles 35:7
The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
— 2 Chronicles 35:17
And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
— Ezra 1:6
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
— Ezra 2:2
The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
— Ezra 2:64
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
— Ezra 3:1
So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
— Ezra 3:9
The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.
— Ezra 3:13
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
— Ezra 4:2
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
— Ezra 6:19